Outpatient psychodynamic group psychotherapy – outcomes related to personality disorder, severity, age and gender
ConclusionPsychodynamic group psychotherapy is a recommendable treatment for moderate PDs, which may address avoidant strategies, but may not meet clinical challenges of borderline PD. The outcome differences related to gender and age are noteworthy. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (Source: Personality and Mental Health)
Source: Personality and Mental Health - July 31, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Elfrida Hartveit Kvarstein, Ola Nordviste, Lone Dragland, Theresa Wilberg Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Dependent personality features in a complex case of borderline personality disorder
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Borderline personality disorder is a complex disease model as it encompasses a diversity of pathological personality traits and psychopathological symptoms. It is not surprising, therefore, that it is often manifested by personality disorders across all three clusters and accompanied by other mental (Axis I) disorders. This melange makes both psychological treatment and pharmacotherapy especially challenging, and this paper describes the case of a particularly complex case of a 33‐year‐old Romanian patient, who has a history of severe deprivation in childhood, mood and substance use disorder in association wit...
Source: Personality and Mental Health - July 31, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tudor Nirestean, Emese Lukacs, Aurel Nirestean, Iosif Gabos Grecu Tags: Complex Case Source Type: research
Dependence: a strange but important outlier in personality disorders
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Source: Personality and Mental Health - July 31, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Peter Tyrer Tags: Commentary Source Type: research
Redefining dependency – a way forward
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Source: Personality and Mental Health - July 31, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Janet Feigenbaum Tags: Commentary Source Type: research
A personality and impairment approach to examine the similarities and differences between avoidant personality disorder and social anxiety disorder
We examined whether relative scores on SAD and AvPD were associated with the same personality profile and severity of impairment. The current research used a cross‐sectional design and self‐report inventories, including multiple measures of personality, impairment and psychopathology. Results from a mixed sample of 402 university and community participants found that scores on AvPD and SAD were similarly associated with personality traits and impairment indices. Moreover, a latent construct accounting for the shared variance for AvPD and SAD was associated with personality traits and impairment, whereas the residuals r...
Source: Personality and Mental Health - July 31, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Kieran L. C. Carmichael, Martin Sellbom, Jacqueline Liggett, Alexander Smith Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
